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The days of in-house legal departments working in the shadow of the executive suite are history, or should be. That’s
the perception of general counsel in Indiana, who want a seat at the table in setting strategy for their companies and organizations.
A recent Indiana general counsel survey reveals more.

A jury has been selected to hear a schoolteacher's lawsuit over her claim she was dismissed by a northern Indiana Roman
Catholic diocese because she tried to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization.

When Loretta Rush was named chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court in August, Indiana hit a milestone. For the first time,
all of our state’s appellate courts were being led by women. Indiana Lawyer recently invited Indiana Chief Justice Loretta
Rush, Indiana Court of Appeals Chief Judge Nancy Vaidik, Indiana Tax Judge Martha Wentworth and Chief Judge Robyn Moberly
of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana’s Bankruptcy Court to discuss their career paths as
well as the opportunities and challenges today’s courts and lawyers face.

A ruling in federal court has essentially struck down Indiana’s restrictions on drug-induced abortions, but the argument
that the law places an undue burden on women caused the court to refrain from making a final judgment.

Although the Indiana Supreme Court recently confirmed that death certificates listing the cause of death are public records,
the state is continuing to grapple with questions over privacy and online access to the documents.

Come Jan. 1, lawyers better make certain they’re on firm ground before asking a judge to file court pleadings under
seal. Attorneys also may face new liability if confidential information is mistakenly entered in a public case file. State
and federal courts have rewritten rules for when and how court pleadings can be filed out of public view, reaffirming they
should be open to inspection with limited exceptions.

As ex-attorney William Conour’s appeal of his conviction and 10-year sentence on a federal wire fraud charge moves ahead,
so do victim lawsuits that seek to collect damages from colleagues who practiced with him years earlier and from a Conour
creditor.

The effectiveness of grand juries has been in the news lately. In one case, a Missouri grand jury failed to indict a police
officer in a case involving the death of an unarmed suspect. When inconsistent testimony was raised as a possible justification
for this result, many opined that police needed to carry body cameras. However, approximately a week later, a New York grand
jury failed to indict another police officer involved in the death of an unarmed suspect where the officer’s interactions
with the suspect were caught on a cellphone video. This led lawyers and non-lawyers alike to wonder what happens behind the
closed doors of grand juries. This article speaks to how grand juries are used in Indiana.

Entrepreneurs enjoying sweet successes and heady times with the resurgence of their retro products took varied paths to claim
the rights to bring back brands with deep Hoosier roots. The new owners of Roselyn Bakery, Choc-Ola chocolate drink and Champagne
Velvet beer got dormant brands back on store shelves by capitalizing on trademarks that had disappeared from the marketplace
but retained a certain cachet.

Three years after passing the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act which overhauled the U.S. patent system, Congress and state
legislatures have been introducing bills that primarily seek to reform the process by clamping down on so-called patent trolls.

There have been recent efforts in Congress and state legislatures to address the issue of so-called patent trolls, also known
as patent assertion entities. This year, at least three of the six patent-related decisions by the Supreme Court of the United
States have been widely regarded as impacting PAE activity. Although these decisions are only six months old, they appear
to be on a path to help curb these unwanted lawsuits.

Intellectual property is one of the most valuable and important assets of any consumer products, life sciences or technology
driven company. Despite the inherent value associated with these intangible assets, IP rights are often overlooked or are
only cursorily evaluated when a company is embroiled in a business transaction (such as a merger or an acquisition).

A man who challenged his ongoing commitment to a mental health facility got a partial victory in that the trial court has
been ordered to review his medication to determine if it is substantially benefiting him.

A divided Court of Appeals Tuesday affirmed a trial court judgment for $175,000 in favor of a consultant who co-signed a mortgage
in exchange for shares in a company and half-ownership in the real estate.

The trial court properly denied a man’s petition to rescind or vacate the paternity affidavit he signed when he was
17 years old, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Tuesday. The appeals court declined to reweigh the evidence regarding his
and the child mother’s credibility.